Robert David MacDonald – författare

Premiered in this translation by the Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow. In Enrico Four a man believes he isHenry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. But is he?Pirandello’s study of perceptions has become a twentieth-century classic which invites us to consider our personal madness in offering a different face to everyone we meet.

As witty as they are alarming, these three plays cover a considerable range of settings and offer unusual and rewarding opportunities to the actors. De Sade Show presents a gruesome picture of the notorious philosopher and his intimate friends, Salto Mortale take the audience by tortuous route to the circus, while Persons Unknown examines the whys and wherefores of one of the 19th century's most celebrated and puzzling unsolved crimes. All in all, a disturbing and funny trio, and another instance of a remarkable individual voice in the theatre.

Adapted by Robert David MacDonald from Gitta Sereny's Into That Darkness"Robert David MacDonald’s In Quest of Conscience, based on Gitta Sereny’s Into That Darkness, a record of her interviews with death camp commandant Franz Stangl, takes it for granted that the Holocaust was a shocking crime against humanity; what it wants to know, with an urgency amounting to desperation, is how it happened, and how it can be prevented from happening again." - Joyce Macmillan, Scotland on Sunday"Stangl... bureaucrat of death who administered as massive an evil as the Holocaust in the same routine spirit in which he would have administered butter rationing ... What manner of man can be responsible for the slaughter of 1,200,000 of his fellows in the space of 14 months?" - Joseph Farrell, The Scotsman"Plays such as In Quest of Conscience are messengers of the unspeakable, which is why they should be listened to as this powerful, dignified piece was in complete moral silence." - John Peter, The Sunday Times"A brilliant and important play which is based on the actual interviews with the death camp commandant Franz Stragl by Gitta Sereny searching desperately to discover how the Holocaust happened, how one worked and lived with it, and how to prevent it occurring again" Blanche Marvin

Includes the plays De Sade Show, Persons Unknown and Salto MoltaleA second series of plays, originally written for and performed by the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre.As witty as they are alarming, these three plays cover a considerable range of settings and offer unusual and rewarding opportunities to the actors. De Sade Show presents a gruesome picture of the notorious philosopher and his intimate friends, Salto Mortale take the audience by tortuous route to the circus, while Persons Unknown examines the whys and wherefores of one of the 19th century's most celebrated and puzzling unsolved crimes. All in all, a disturbing and funny trio, and another instance of a remarkable individual voice in the theatre.

Premiered in this translation by the Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow. In Enrico Four a man believes he isHenry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. But is he?Pirandello’s study of perceptions has become a twentieth-century classic which invites us to consider our personal madness in offering a different face to everyone we meet.

Includes the plays Summit Conference, Chinchilla and WebsterThree plays first performed by the Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow, later with further acclaimed productions including the West End and Broadway. Rober David MacDonald has created imaginary worlds, stylish, witty and frightening: a fictitious meeting between the mistresses of Hitler and Mussolini; the backstage world of the playwright John Webster; and the rarified atmosphere of the Diaghilev ballet.